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"It’s like collecting evidence for a trial"

19 Jan 2026 "It’s like collecting evidence for a trial"

From snow to cracks: the role of meltwater in Antarctica

06 Jan 2026 From snow to cracks: the role of meltwater in Antarctica

Katrin Lindbäck, a researcher at Mid Sweden University, is taking part in the iQ2300 2025/26 expedition to investigate how meltwater is stored in Antarctic ice—both within the snow and in lakes on the surface—and what this means for the ice’s stability. Using radar and sensors, she aims to understand how hidden water reservoirs can influence crevasse formation, ice dynamics and the risk of collapse, with consequences for future sea levels.

Mysterious lakes deep in the Antarctic snow

01 Jan 2026 Mysterious lakes deep in the Antarctic snow

LISA – a laboratory in a box

23 Dec 2025 LISA – a laboratory in a box

The researchers have arrived at Wasa

19 Dec 2025 The researchers have arrived at Wasa

iQ2300 to reduce uncertainty about the future of the East Antarctic ice sheet

18 Dec 2025 iQ2300 to reduce uncertainty about the future of the East Antarctic ice sheet

One of the most serious impacts of climate change is global sea level rise. When glaciers and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica melt, sea levels rise. To calculate how sea levels may develop in the future, researchers need better knowledge of the rate at which ice mass is being reduced – especially in East Antarctica, where large knowledge gaps persist due to its inaccessible location.

Daily routines in a data desert

16 Dec 2025 Daily routines in a data desert

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The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is a government agency that promotes and co-ordinates Swedish polar research. This includes to follow and plan research and development, as well as to organise and lead research expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica.